Water-proof garment



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.YF. CARTER.l WATER PROOF GARMENT.

Patetegr 12, 1887.

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,A llNirnn STATES' PATENT GFFICE.

JOI-IN'F.CAR'IER, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER--PRO'OFA GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 360,851, dated April12, 1887. Application filed September 29, 1886. Serial No. 214,820. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

y Be itknown that I, JOHN-F. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Beverly, in the county of -Essex and `State of'Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tater-ProofGarments, of

'which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in water-proof garmdilts, and itis particularly adapted foruse by horseback riders to enable the garmentto be buttoned in such a manner as to cover and extend over the pommeland cantle of the saddle, and thus protect the rider completely in arain or snow storm. The water-,proof garmentis so constructed as to beequally useful for other purposes besides horseback riding simply bybuttoning it up behind, when it will have the appearance of an ordinaryWater-proof coat, as will hereinafter be Y more fully shown anddescribed, reference being'hadto the accompanying drawings, where-Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the garment, with the rear goreor liap extendedv view to illustrate the use of the water-proof garmentfor horseback purposes.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

A A represent the sides of the` garment, which sides are divided in therear nearly up to the collar b, as shown in Figs, 1,2, and 3, andprovided with longitudinal flaps a a at such rear slit or division,which are adapted to be buttoned together by means of buttons a' a andbutton-holes Ma" made on the respective laps a a when the garment is tobe used as au ordinary Water-proof coat, as shown in Fig. 2.

Instead of buttons and button-holes on said` liaps or edges of the rearslit or division, any other well-known fastening devices may be used.

To the sides of the slitted rear portion of the garment is sewed orotherwise united .a

rearwardly-extending ap or gore, C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,'sai`dgore being of sufficient fullness to cover the cantle of a saddle whenthe front part of the coat is buttoned and made to cover thesaddle-pommel, .and by this ar.- rangement the saddle is covered infront and rear, so as to prevent rain or snow from reaching it as longas the rider is in the saddle, and thus protecting the rider fully fromthe inclemency of the weather.

The coat can be converted into and be used as an ordinary walking-coatsimply by folding the gore C inside of the back portion, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 2, when the rear slit is closed by buttoning theflaps a a together, as shown in Fig. 2, thus preventing the rain fromreaching the body of the wearer.

d d are the sleeves of the coat, as usual, and e is the usualbreast-flap, adapted to be buttoned to the other side piece when thecoat is in use.- vided with buttons and button-holes, as is usual ingarments of this kind.

Another use to which the invention maybe put is to serve as a combinedcoat and trousers; and for this purpose I nnbutton the coat at the rearand envelop each leg with one of the side pieces, A A, the lowerportions of which are then to be buttoned around the legs of the wearer,by which arrangement the wearer of the water-proof garment is stillfurther protected against rain or snow.

Vater-proof garments of this kind are generally termed pommel-slickers,7and they have heretofore been made with triangular breast-flapsextending from the front edges of the garment land adapted to bebuttoned together so as to overlap and coverv the pommel of the saddleon which the rider is seated; but such arrangement is uncomfortable;clumsy, and difficult to adj ust, and I wish to state that I do notclaim as my 'invention `a Water-proof garment with suchforwardly-extending breast-flaps.

I am aware that a coat or garment has heretofore been composed of twoslitted or divided back breadths of normalV size above, with the skirtsincreasing in width from the top toward y the bottom, and two frontbreadths, one upon each side, attached to the back breadths, such backbreadths being provided, respectively, with a button-loop andbutton-strap for trans- Ihe front edges of the coat are proforming thegarment from a Walking-coat into ariding-eoat. Such construction Itherefore disclaim. 1

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is A coat or garmentcomprising the sides A A, divided from the bottom upward, and the edgeof each side providedwith a longitudinal ap,a,said laps adapted tooverlap each other, and having buttons and button-holes or equivalentfor connecting them together, and the unslittcd gore C inserted in thedivided part of the garment and terminating below the collar and belowthe point where the sides are directly united, and havingits outerdivergent 15 edges connected with the longitudinal edges of the sidesalong the length of the flaps, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subzo scribing witnesses, on this 25th day of September,A. D. 1886.

JOHN F. CARTER. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, E. J. TORREY.

